"leg of the race; he broke the tape with a time of 37.83 s, setting a new world record. Although Lewis had achieved what he had set out to do—matching Jesse Owens' feat of winning four gold medals in the same events at a single Olympic Games—he did not receive the lucrative endorsement offers that he had expected. The long jump controversy was one reason and his self-congratulatory conduct did not impress several other track stars: ""He rubs it in too much,"" said Edwin Moses, twice Olympic gold medalist in the 400 m hurdles. ""A little humility is in order."
"Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump These are the official results of the men's long jump athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 54 competitors, with one non-starter. Carl Lewis was on the edge of making history, to equal the unique accomplishment of Al Oerter by winning four Olympic championships in the same event. However, now 35 years old, he was comparatively quite old for a sprinter-long jumper. Lewis barely made it to the Olympics, only finishing third at the 1996 Olympic Trials behind world record holder Mike"
"not to make any more attempts to try to break the record, he was loudly booed. When asked about those boos, Lewis said, ""I was shocked at first. But after I thought about it, I realized that they were booing because they wanted to see more of Carl Lewis. I guess that's flattering."" His third gold medal came in the 200 m, where he won with a time of 19.80 s, a new Olympic record and the third fastest time in history. Finally, he won his fourth gold in the 4 × 100 m relay when he anchored the final"
"eat a larger quantity without affecting his athleticism and he believes that switching to a vegan diet can lead to improved athletic performance. Lewis is also known for singing his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner during the 1993 NBA Finals. As of 2018, Lewis serves as an assistant track coach at his alma mater, the University of Houston. Carl Lewis Frederick Carlton ""Carl"" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979"
"first, clear if Lewis's time of 2:16.83 was enough to retain first place. After the individual points had been calculated, it was announced, that Lewis had won with a total of 6584 points. Prokhorova was second with 6531 (53 points behind Lewis) and Sazanovich was third with 6527 (4 points behind Prokhorova). At the 2004 Olympics, Lewis was suffering from a number of injuries and withdrew from the competition after the long jump. Teammate and training partner Kelly Sotherton took bronze. In the 2001 New Year Honours, Lewis was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE),"
"medal and two improvements of his own world records. 75 races — Emil Zátopek 65 consecutive competitions — Carl Lewis 5 consecutive World Championships 140 to 150 competitions — Iolanda Balaş Note: this streak included 2 Olympic gold medals and 14 improvements of the world record. 5 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 5 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 7 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Finland 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games —"
"centimeter. Following her retirement from track and field, she went on to work as a commentator for various events for NBC Sports. She commentated on the track events for the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2000, Lewis began competing in two-woman bobsled and, although she failed to make the 2002 US Olympic team, she served as Shauna Rohbock's brakeman at the 2002 World Cup in Calgary. Carol Lewis Carol LeGrant Lewis (born August 8, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the long jump. She is the 1983 World Championship bronze medalist, and"
"next jump and then passed on his remaining four allotted jumps. Lewis easily won gold, and Gary Honey of Australia settled for the silver medal with a jump of . The public was generally unaware of the intricacies of the sport and had been repeatedly told by the media of Lewis' quest to surpass Bob Beamon's legendary long jump record of . Lewis himself had often stated it was a goal of his to surpass the mark. A television advertisement with Beamon appeared before the final, featuring the record-holder saying, ""I hope you make it, kid."" So, when Lewis decided"
"brother on the Santa Monica Track Club. Lewis won the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the first time in 1982, the first of four National championships. Her 6.81m jump from that competition is the current United States, North American and Pan American Junior record. Further success came in 1983, with a win at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. After winning the Olympic Trials, she represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics and managed to finish in ninth place at the age of twenty. The following year she"
"won the NCAA Outdoor Championships for a second time and took bronze at the World Cup in Athletics. In Zürich in August that year, Lewis reached her peak, setting a personal best and breaking the American record in the long jump twice at the same track meeting. Her record of 7.04 m stood for two years until it was beaten by Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Lewis competed at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing in ninth position with a best jump of 6.23 m. She qualified for her third Olympics in 1988, failing to qualify for the final by just one"
"medal in any event since 1964. Brad Alan Lewis Brad Alan Lewis (born November 9, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is an American competition rower and an Olympic Games gold medalist. Lewis qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later. He and his rowing partner Paul Enquist won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. They were the first American"
"to set a world record of 39.8 s in the event. Owens had initially protested the last-minute switch, but assistant coach Dean Cromwell said to him, ""You'll do as you are told."" Owens' record-breaking performance of four gold medals was not equaled until Carl Lewis won gold medals in the same events at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Owens set the world record in the long jump with a leap of in 1935, the year before the Berlin Olympics, and this record stood for 25 years until it was broken in 1960 by countryman Ralph Boston. Coincidentally, Owens"
"Ray Lewis (sprinter) Raymond Gray ""Ray"" Lewis, CM (October 8, 1910 – November 15, 2003) was a Canadian track and field athlete, and the first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist. He was born and died in Hamilton, Ontario. Lewis was nicknamed ""Rapid Ray"" for his speed on the track. He excelled in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metre distances in high school and captured seventeen national high school championships (including a record four in one day) while a student at Hamilton's Central Collegiate. Lewis briefly attended Milwaukee's Marquette University on a scholarship, but returned to Canada after only a semester."
"Randy Lewis (triple jumper) Randy Lewis (born 15 November 1978) is a Grenadian athlete competing in the triple jump. He represented Grenada at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, and has also competed at World Championship level indoors and outdoors. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. His personal best jump is 17.49 metres, achieved in May 2008 in São Paulo. This is the current Grenadian record. Lewis attended Wichita State University where he is in the Hall of Fame for Track and Field. He won four individual titles in the Missouri Valley Conference and"
"medal than the East Germans and had six golds, although almost half of their podium finishers were bronze medalists. Twenty-five nations reached the medal tally at the inaugural competition, with all six continents being represented. During the early 1980s this was the top venue in which Soviet Bloc athletes competed against American athletes due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and the retaliatory Soviet Bloc boycott of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Carl Lewis won both the 100 metres and the long jump, and finished the competition by anchoring the 4×100 metres relay team to"
"(discus throw) in 1968, a feat equaled by Carl Lewis when he won his fourth (long jump) in 1996, Michael Phelps when he won his fourth (200 meter individual medley) in 2016, and by Kaori Icho when she won her fourth consecutive gold in women's wrestling in 2016. Finally, his record of three gold medals in ""two"" events, set in July 1908 (standing long jump on July 20 and standing high jump on July 23) was not surpassed for 116 years—until in 2016 Michael Phelps won his third gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly to win three gold medals in"
"the 400-metre individual medley, and bronze in the 200-metre butterfly. For the rest of her career, Lewis focused on the 800-metre freestyle, in which her best Olympic result was a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1994 Rome World Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the 400-metre freestyle in Barcelona. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, Lewis won a bronze medal in the 5-kilometre open water competition. She had planned to attempt to qualify for the 10-kilometre open water event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but this event was removed from the"
"Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump These are the official results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups, and the final held on August 6, 1984. While criticized in the media, Carl Lewis had the event won with his first and only attempt. The rest was just a formality as he relaxed and watched the best in the world take their best shots. But none could come within a foot of Lewis and he could"
"in that they were the first Olympics to be held in the United States. Culver Hastedt Culver Lucias Hastedt (October 16, 1884 - November 2, 1966) was a U.S. sprinter and Olympic Gold Medalist in 1904. He was known as ""The King of the Handicaps,"" winning gold medals in the 60-yard dash, the 100-yard dash and the running broad jump at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, MO. Also, in the Olympic Open Meet, he won the 100-yard dash and won second place in the broad jump. In the 1904 Olympic Games, ""handicap"" did not refer to any type"
"in 1986 and 1987. He would go on to attend UCLA. As a freshman at UCLA, Lewis had a spectacular year in 1988, when the precocious 19-year-old not only completely rewrote the world junior all-time list in the 400 m, but also proved his mettle in senior competition by winning the Olympic gold medal. Lewis had not been a total unknown prior to 1988, having set a personal best of 45.76 at the 1987 USA national junior championships, but he caught many unawares when he won his quarter-final at the USA Olympic Trials with new world junior record of 44.61,"
"Beamon's mark is the longest-standing Olympic athletics record by a margin of twelve years and remains the only time a man has set a long jump world record at the competition. The women's world record has been broken on two occasions at the Olympics, with Elżbieta Krzesińska jumping in 1956 and Viorica Viscopoleanu clearing in 1968. Ellery Clark and Olga Gyarmati were the first men's and women's Olympic long jump champions. Americans Jeff Henderson and Tianna Bartoletta are the reigning Olympic champions from 2016. Carl Lewis is the event's most successful athlete as he was Olympic champion four times consecutively"
"He found a position on the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) as a porter during the Great Depression, a job he would hold for 22 years. Lewis continued training – often running alongside the CPR train tracks during stopovers on the Canadian Prairies – and won a bronze medal as part of the 4x400 metre relay team at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In the 400 metre event he was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Two years later he won a silver medal in the mile relay (4×440 yards) at the British Empire Games (later the Commonwealth Games). In"
"Oakland, California as a director in the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. He raised a family in Oakland. A year after he retired, Steele died of cancer on September 19, 1989. In 2009, Willie Steele was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[2] He was also inducted into the Hall of Champions in San Diego’s Balboa Park. Championships 1948 Olympic Games: Long Jump - 7.82 m (1st) 1948 Olympic Trials: Long Jump - 7.98 m (1st) 1946 AAU Outdoors: Long Jump - 7.32 m (1st) 1947 AAU Outdoors: Long Jump - 7.55 m (1st) 1948 NCAA Outdoors:"
"Olympic games — Carl Lewis 8 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 3 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Viktor Saneyev 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Soviet Union 6 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 4 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Al Oerter 5 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 3 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — John Flanagan 6 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — United States 3 consecutive gold medals at Olympic games — Jan Železný 3 consecutive gold medals at"
"Evelyn Lawler Evelyn Lawler (born October 18, 1929) is a retired American track and field athlete. She competed for the United States in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1951 Pan American Games, finishing 6th. She is perhaps better known as the mother of (9 time) multiple Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis and Olympian, World Championship bronze medalist and sports announcer Carol Lewis. Lawler graduated from Tuskegee University. At one point in time she held the American record in the 80 metres hurdles. Lawler started in the sport as a sophomore in high school when her school picked 6 or"
"Luz Long Carl Ludwig ""Luz"" Long (27 April 1913 – 14 July 1943) was a German Olympic long-jumper, notable for winning the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for giving technical advice to his competitor, Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the long jump . Luz Long won the German long jump championship six times in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939. Long was killed in action serving in the German Army during World War II. Long studied law at the University of Leipzig, where in 1936"
"really mattered, he won the 200 m (beating his teammate from the Santa Monica Track Club, Carl Lewis, while placing fifth in the 100 m). The first performance was enough to qualify for the Games. There, he and Lewis were the major favorites. Lewis was looking to repeat his four gold medals from the Los Angeles Olympics. In the final, Lewis seemed heading for the title three-quarters of the way, but DeLoach caught up and finished in the Olympic record time of 19.75. This performance marked the only time Carl Lewis was defeated in an individual Olympic final. After the"
"at the 1954 U.S. Championships. His first world medal, bronze, came at the 1955 World Championships. He received the bronze medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics while his brother won the gold. The brothers received financial support from the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and a foundation. In 1957, David Jenkins became the U.S. national champion and won the first of his three consecutive world titles. He performed a triple Axel jump in a 1957 exhibition, 21 years before that jump was landed for the first time in competition. After taking his fourth consecutive national title, he won the"
"m sprint. His low-altitude record had been surpassed by fellow American Mel Lattany with a time of 9.96 s shortly before the 1984 Olympics, but his biggest challenger would prove to be Canadian Ben Johnson, the bronze medalist behind Lewis at the 1984 Olympics. Johnson would beat Lewis once in 1985, but Lewis also lost to others, while winning most of his races. Lewis retained his number one rank that year; Johnson would place second. In 1986, Johnson defeated Lewis convincingly at the Goodwill Games in Moscow, clocking a new low-altitude record of 9.95 s. At year's end, Johnson was"
"the Olympic Games in Barcelona and won a silver medal in the 400 m and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, which broke the world record (2:55.74) that Lewis had previously helped tie in the 1988 Olympic Games. The rest of Lewis' career was affected by injury and an ongoing viral illness, and he never again competed at a major international championships. Lewis was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. Steve Lewis (sprinter) Steven Earl Lewis (born May 16, 1969) is a former American track and field athlete, winner of three gold"
"skating had been held indoors, it would never be contested outdoors again. There were three events: men's and women's singles and the pairs competition. In the men's event, David Jenkins of the United States, brother of 1956 Winter Olympic figure skating champion Hayes Jenkins, won the gold medal. It was his second Olympic medal, having won the bronze in 1956. Czechoslovakian Karol Divín took the silver medal, and Canadian Donald Jackson won the bronze. American Carol Heiss, winner of the silver medal in 1956, became the Olympic champion in 1960. A year later she married Hayes Jenkins and starred in"
"in his honour, Ray Lewis Elementary, opened in 2005 and was occasionally visited by his widow Vivienne. Ray Lewis (sprinter) Raymond Gray ""Ray"" Lewis, CM (October 8, 1910 – November 15, 2003) was a Canadian track and field athlete, and the first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist. He was born and died in Hamilton, Ontario. Lewis was nicknamed ""Rapid Ray"" for his speed on the track. He excelled in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metre distances in high school and captured seventeen national high school championships (including a record four in one day) while a student at Hamilton's Central Collegiate."
"He competed for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea, where he won the bronze medal in the men's long jump competition. In addition to the 1976 Olympics, Myricks won the 1980 Olympic Trials (over a young Carl Lewis), the team that did not go to the Olympics due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. As consolation, he received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. He finished second to Lewis in the 1984 Olympic Trials. He finished fourth in the Olympics that year. He set his personal best"